The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location

Mecca

Also known as Makkah, Macoraba, Bakka

  • city
  • early Islamic with pre-Islamic sacred sites

The sacred Arabian city of Mahomet's birth and the Kaaba, goal of pilgrimage. It is the cradle of Islam before the faith's armies move into Syria and beyond.

Type
city
Style
early Islamic with pre-Islamic sacred sites
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 5
Books
1

History

  1. BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

    The sacred Arabian city of Mahomet's birth and the Kaaba, goal of pilgrimage. It is the cradle of Islam before the faith's armies move into Syria and beyond.

Key events

  1. Book 1
    Ch. 226
    Rise of IslamIn the early 7th century, Muhammad received revelations that formed the basis of Islam; after his death, his followers rapidly conquered Arabia and then the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond.

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